South Africa 1959

NFL League (for whites) (first ever season)

Final Table:

(only one round was played)

 1.Durban City             11   9  1  1  55-23  19  Champions
 2.Rangers                 11   7  3  1  35-19  17
 3.Durban United           11   5  5  1  28-15  15
 4.Germiston Callies       11   6  2  3  39-19  14
 5.Arcadia Shepherds       11   7  0  4  32-28  14
 6.Benoni United           11   5  3  3  35-21  13
 7.Randfontein             11   6  1  4  25-27  13
 8.Pretoria City           11   3  2  6  28-42   8  [*] 
 9.Brakpan United          11   3  2  6  24-38   8
10.Johannesburg City       11   2  1  8  19-37   5
11.Southern Park           11   1  2  8  18-44   4
12.Maritzburg City         11   0  2  9  12-37   2  [*]  

[*] Pretoria City and Maritzburg City disbanded at end of season;
    no relegation

Topscorer: 
21 L.Salton (Durban City) [additionally scored 2 goals in cup]

Castle Cup 1959

Round 1 [Aug ?]
Iscor Vanderbijl   1-2 Arcadia Shephers
Balfour Park       3-1 Southern Suburbs
Johannesburg City  3-0 Pretoria City
Iscor Pretoria     1-3 Marist Brothers
Benoni United      5-1 Randfontein
Germiston Callies  4-1 Benoni FC       
Brakpan United     5-4 Durban City
Durban United      3-3 Rangers
Maritzburg Celtic  1-5 Berea Park

Round 1 Replay
Rangers            6-2 Durban United
 
Round 2
Brakpan United     3-1 Johannesburg City
Arcadia Shepherds  2-4 Boksburg
Byes: Balfour Park, Marist Brothers, Benoni United, Germiston Callies,
      Rangers and Berea Park
 
Quarterfinals
Benoni United      2-1 Brakpan United
Marist Brothers    1-0 Balfour Park
Rangers            5-2 Berea Park
Germiston Callies  3-1 Boksburg

Semifinals
Rangers            3-2 Benoni United
Germiston Callies  3-2 Marist Brothers      

Final [Oct 10, Rand Stadium Johannesburg; att: 16,238]
Rangers            4-2 Germiston Callies	
  [James (2), Jacques, Blom; Wolpert, Ching]
  [Rangers: Van der Merwe; Kreser, Jacobsen; Christophers, Cloete, Jacques; Blom, James,
     Swinton, Esterhuizen, Fourie;
   Germiston Callies: Clark; Pye-Smith, Jackson; H. Hauser (Wolpert), Logan, Bales;
     Walker, Ching, Moore, Hammer, Mitchell]


T.N.S.C. "Champion of Champions" 1959 [Feb 1960]
Rangers            4-4 Durban City

1949.

1960.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

About this document

Sources: [Lit 65], [Raa 02]

Prepared and maintained by John van Enckevort and Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: John van Enckevort and Ian King
Last updated: 16 Mar 2023